Many of England's
best players were rested after the 1934 season and were not considered for a
place in the touring party. Even Hendren, who arrived In Trinidad for a
holiday with his wife a fortnight before the tour began, could not enlighten
reporters about the composition of the touring side or the tour arrangements.

The tour proceeded well but resulted in defeat in the Test series
by two matches to one.It was West
Indies’ first series win against any opposition, largely brought about by
superior fast bowling which proved too much on this occasion for England’s
senior batsmen, Hendren, Hammond and Leyland.

However, England
had begun the series with a remarkable win in the first Test at Bridgetown. Wyatt sent
the West Indies in to bat first on the awkward, saturated pitch and then
declared behind forcing West Indies to bat
again. West Indies, too, declared, challenging England to make 73 as the pitch
dried, which was just achieved. When Wyatt gambled by putting West Indies in
again in the second Test, the tactic did not come off and left England to
bat last, which brought about a home win from the second last ball of the
match.

West Indies dominated the final Test at Sabina Park.
George Headley scored 270 not out and the England skipper and opening
batsman Wyatt was put out of the match by a ball from Martindale that broke
his jaw. Their innings’ victory brought the home team a first series win in
Test cricket.

The tour party assembled for a lunch on Friday 14
December at the West India Club.In
his speech R E S Wyatt recalled that a previous captain of M.C.C. in West Indies had gone mad at dinner and had bitten the
leg of the Governor under the table; he assured the company that no such
thing would occur on this tour.

The team met up again next morning at London’s Paddington Station, apart from Hendren who was already
holidaying in the Caribbean.They took the train to Bristol and boarded the "Cavina",
an Elder & Fyffes freighter, at Avonmouth.

Suffering from rough seas throughout the Atlantic
crossing, the ship arrived at Bridgetown,
Barbados, on
27 December 1934.

Harbord flew to Miami on Wednesday
20 February and rejoined MCC in Jamaica.

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Time spent in West
Indies

82 days

(27
December -19 March)

On-tour
selection panel

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Reinforcements

Arnott,T

Gm

33

RFM

Trevor Arnott interrupted his holiday in Jamaica to play for M.C.C. which allowed Hammond to rest before
the final Test.

Kenneth Farnes strained his neck muscle
which kept him out of two Test matches.In the final Test Bob Wyatt’s jaw was fractured by a rising ball from
Martindale

Fixtures/Results

1Melbourne
Park, Kingston

2Sabina
Park,Kingston

a

Bridgetown

Barbados

Drawn

b

Bridgetown

Barbados

Drawn

c

BRIDGETOWN

WEST INDIESFirst Test

WON 4 w

d

Port-of-Spain

Trinidad

Drawn

e

Port-of-Spain

Trinidad

Drawn

f

PORT-OF-SPAIN

WEST INDIESSecond Test

LOST 217 r

g

Georgetown

British Guiana

Drawn

h

Georgetown

British Guiana

Won 9 w

i

GEORGETOWN

WEST INDIESThird Test

DRAWN

j

Kingston1

Jamaica

Drawn

k

Kingston1

Jamaica

Drawn

l

KINGSTON2

WEST INDIESFourth Test

LOST inns 161 r

m

Scarborough(Sep
1935)

Leveson's Gower's XI

Won 2 r

† not first-class

Time spent in West Indies
before First Test:

12 days

(27 December - 8
January)

Test
appearances on tour

(v West Indies 1934-35)

4 -Ames,
Hammond,
Hendren, Holmes, Iddon, Paine, Smith, Wyatt.

3 -Leyland,
Hollies, Townsend.

2 -Farnes.

1 -Farrimond.

0 -Harbord.

Match
appearances

TTest match

x other match

ppractice match

W wonL lostD drawn

N no
resultC cancelled

A
abandoned

u unknown
result

Wyatt and Holmes appeared
in all matches.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

Ames

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

T

x

Arnott

x

Farnes

x

T

x

x

x

x

T

Farrimond

x

T

x

x

Hammond

x

x

T

x

T

x

x

T

x

T

x

Harbord

x

x

x

x

Hendren

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

T

x

x

T

x

Hollies

x

T

x

x

x

T

x

T

x

Holmes

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

Iddon

x

x

T

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

Leyland

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

x

Paine

x

T

x

x

T

x

T

x

x

T

x

Smith

x

x

T

x

T

x

T

x

T

x

Townsend

x

x

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

Wyatt

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

(W Barber)

x

R E S U L T S

D

D

W

D

D

L

D

W

D

D

D

L

W

Highlights

•Ken Farnes took 4 for 40 in the first
innings of the opening Test at Bridgetown,
and Jim Smith 5 for 16 in the second.

•Bob Wyatt took 9 wickets (5-10 and 4-42) in
the second colony game against Trinidad.

•Errol Holmes scored 85* in the second Test
to draw out England’s
innings after an earlier collapse.

•Eric Hollies took 7 for 50 in the third
Test at Bourda

•Les Ames scored England’s
sole century,126, in the final Test at Sabina Park.

•David Townsend was the last player to
represent England
without appearing in the county championship. He played later for Durham.

Tour
Summary

F

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

4

1

2

1

-

Other first-class matches

8

1

0

7

-

†Minor matches

0

-

-

-

-

All Matches

12

2

2

8

-

FFixturesWWonL LostD DrawnT TiedCanc CancelledAbanabandoned

Return
to England

KingstonTAvonmouth

‘Carare’

The tour party left Kingston on 19 March 1935 on the "Carare"
and arrived at Avonmouth on 4
April 1935.

The team was reunited to play a match in the Scarborough Festival
in September 1935, adding Wilf Barber to their side